Chateau Tanunda

50 Year Old Vines Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Deep magenta in colour with a vibrant nose of dark fruit, chocolate, vanilla and cinnamon aromas, this captivating Cabernet Sauvignon serves as the hook to an exotic and full-bodied palate driven by flavours of fruits of the forest, blackcurrant and a hint of savoury spice bound together by succulent fine-grained tannins, creating a wine of great length which will reward many years in the cellar.
50-year-Old Cabernet Sauvignon Vines represents less than 2% of the region plantings. Our vineyard is from the heart of the Valley Floor in Bethany - where the first village was settled in the Barossa Valley and the first vines in the Barossa Valley were planted.
The grapes are destemmed, but not crushed, and spend seven days on their skins in open fermenters with twice daily hand-plunging and pumping over of the cap to more gently extract colour, flavours and tannins. This is followed by careful basket pressing and malolactic fermentation in a combination of new and seasoned French barriques prior to 18 months maturation in our cellars. In keeping with our non-interventionalist winemaking style, we neither fine nor filter this wine.
Presented in a classic bottle that highlights its deep magenta color and Barossa origins, this Cabernet Sauvignon features a design suited for cellaring, with labeling that evokes the vineyard's historic significance and the wine's potential for graceful evolution over time.